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Van Wert County, Ohio

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet OH161 · Van Wert County 31 sys · 2,375 viol · #1772/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 40.4% health
  • RANK-MID #1772/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 97%
  • SYS-SMALL 31 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Cuyahoga County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Van Wert County ranks #1,772 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #76 of 88 counties in Ohio. See methodology · corpus placement.

Van Wert County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 40.4% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,772 of 3,254 · #76 of 88 in Ohio.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Van Wert County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Van Wert County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Fayette · lowest Vinton · highest Lorain · near Clermont · near 78.6% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

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Mid-flagged peers for Van Wert County

Cross-state counties nearest Van Wert County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (2,375). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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